Obituaries
Javona Grace Allen Walden
Jan 20, 2021
Javona Grace Allen Walden, age 67, of Mound City, IL, formerly of Morganton, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. She was born March 3, 1953, in Copperhill, TN, to the late Joseph Lake Allen and the late Thelma Grace Harrison Allen. Javona was of the Christian Faith, attended East Fannin High...
Flossie Leah Stebbins
Jan 20, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Ms. Flossie Leah Mason Stebbins, age 92, of Marietta, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 in Marietta. Ms. Stebbins was born in Blairsville, a daughter of the late Charles Washington Mason and the late Mary Lee Jordan Mason. She was the eldest daughter...
Otis Weeks
Jan 19, 2021
Otis Weeks, age 94, of Chattsworth, GA, formerly of Blue Ridge, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at his home in Chattsworth. Mr. Weeks was born March 18, 1926, in Ellijay, GA, to the late Kelly David Weeks and the late Lola Cochran Weeks. He was a member of Eastside Church of Christ. Otis was a WWII Army Veteran who...
Kenneth Jay Shook
Jan 19, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces the death of Mr. Kenneth Jay Shook, age 74 of Winder, GA passed away on Tuesday January 19th, 2021. Mr. Shook was born on October 7th, 1946 in Young Harris, GA to the late T.J. and Ruby Shook. For most of his life, Ken worked as a Builder and Grading Contractor. Ken was a...
Lisa Michelle Parks
Jan 19, 2021
Lisa Michelle Parks, age 54 of Ellijay, GA passed on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Lisa was born July 15, 1966 to her parents Clarence “Junior” and the late Mildred Williams Farmer in Copper Basin, TN. Lisa was a member of the First Baptist Church in Ellijay. Lisa worked in the banking industry for over 25 years. Lisa was employed with...
Betty Faye Linke
Jan 18, 2021
Betty Faye Linke, age 81, of Blue Ridge, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021, at Wildwood Health Care in Talking Rock. Ms. Linke was born May 17, 1939, in Blue Ridge, GA, to the late James Earl Ballew, Sr. and the late Nellie Rogers Ballew. Betty was owner and operator of Accurate Answering Service. She loved cats, and enjoyed yard...
JoAnne Simonds
Jan 17, 2021
JoAnne Simonds of Murphy, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at her home. Ms. Simonds was born in Murphy, NC, to the late James Clarence Simonds and the late Vera Mundy Simonds. Joanne worked for over 50 years in banking. She started with Ducktown Bank, which later became The Home Bank, and eventually retired as Vice President of BB&T Bank....
Martha Louise Loving Raper
Jan 17, 2021
Martha Louise Loving Raper, age 65 of Blue Ridge, GA passed away January 17, 2021 at her home. Ms. Raper was born October 31, 1955 in Copperhill, TN. A member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her parents, Clint Loving and Martha Jean Beach Loving, and her brother, Troy Lynn Loving. Louise loved her church,...
Michael Paul Lazarz
Jan 16, 2021
Mr. Michael Paul Lazarz, age 91, of Young Harris, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, January 16th, 2021 at his home. Mr. Lazarz was born in Niagara Falls, New York, a son of the late John J. Lazarz and the late Mary M. Grassler Lazarz. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was founder and owner of Nut &...
Gladys Edna Long Lunsford
Jan 16, 2021
Henry-Cochran Funeral Home of Blue Ridge announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Gladys Edna Long Lunsford, age 86, of Suches, Georgia, who passed away on Saturday, January 16th, 2021.Gladys was born on November 22, 1934 and raised in Morganton, Georgia. Her early adult years were spent in Detroit as her first husband, Alvin Long and her brother, Frank worked there. She...
Nancy Blais
Jan 16, 2021
Nancy P. Blais, age 58, of Blue Ridge, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021, at Fannin Regional Hospital. Mrs. Blais was born July 24, 1962, in Florida to the late John Kenneth and Marjorie Parrish, Sr. Nancy and her husband, Paul, had made Fannin County their home for the past sixteen years and attended St. Luke's Episcopal Church. She was...
James Monroe Dills
Jan 15, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory announces the death of Mr. James Monroe Dills, age 78 of Marietta, GA formerly of Blairsville who passed away on Friday January 15th, 2021. Mr. Dills was born on April 28th, 1942 to Willard and Ophelia (Kendall) Dills. James was born and raised in Union County and a graduate of Union County High School. He...
Patricia Robinson
Jan 14, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Patricia Ann Robinson, age 89, of Blairsville, who passed away on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville. Patricia was born on August 14, 1931 to Phillip B. and Ruby Duffee in Atlanta, Georgia. Pat sought careers that would allow her to fulfill her desire to help...
Charles Bernard Stewart
Jan 14, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mr. Charles Bernard Stewart, age 80, of Blairsville, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, January 14th, 2021. Charles was born in Taliferro County, Georgia, a son of the late Henry Miller Stewart and the late Cornelia Denham Stewart. He had been living in Blairsville since 1992, moving here...
Maggie Novella Foster
Jan 14, 2021
Maggie Novella Foster, age 93 of Blue Ridge, Georgia, passed away peacefully Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Sonshine Manor. Novella was born in Ellijay, Georgia to Harley and Laura (Key) Harris on December 22, 1927. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 57 years, Clifford (A.C.) Foster; her parents; her brothers, Poley, Jerome, Edward, Seaborn, and Pat;...
Julie Carol Messer
Jan 13, 2021
Julie Carol Edward's Messer, age 48 passed away January 13 , 2021at her home in Young Harris Ga. A native of Haywood County she was the daughter of Doug Edwards (Pat) of Gastonia NC and Marvella Edward's of Young Harris Ga. Julie was preceded in death by her grandparents, James and Gladys Moore and Burgess and Laverne Edward's of Waynesville...
Glenn Leon Hamby
Jan 12, 2021
Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville announces the death of Mr. Glenn Leon Hamby, of Blairsville, Georgia. Glenn was born November 30, 1938. He passed away January 12, 2021 after an extended illness at the age of 82. He was the first born of Manley Paxton Hamby, Jr. and Almarie Atkins Hamby. He was married to JoAnn Rich Hamby for 58...
David Hugh Reach,
Jan 12, 2021
David Hugh Reach, Master Chief, USN retired, age 80 of Suches, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Mr. Reach was born September 16, 1940, in Birmingham, AL, to the late James Hubert Reach and the late Florence Elsie Fitts Reach. He lived in Fannin County for 35 years after retiring from the US Navy. David was a member of Temple...
James Earl Phillips
Jan 11, 2021
James Earl Phillips, age 84, of Fayetteville, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021. Mr. Phillips was born April 30, 1936, in Cherokee, NC, to the late William T. Phillips and the late Lou Ella Bailey Phillips. He was a member of the North Fayette United Methodist Church. After retiring from GM Lakewood Assembly Plant, James Earl enjoyed taking care of...
Kathryn JoAnn McClain
Jan 10, 2021
Mrs. Kathryn "Kitty" Mcclain, age 85 of Hiawassee, Georgia passed away on January 10, 2021. Kitty was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on May 13, 1935 to James & Marie Lytle. She graduated from William Penn H.S. and married her high school sweetheart, Richard McClain in 1953. She was a homemaker who began raising her six children in Fishing Creek Valley...
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